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making sure that too many leaves don€t fall in the pond and cause the sediment to break up and <br />algae to build up because of that. <br />WATANABE:Follow-up? <br />SIRACUSA:Yeah. I noticed when I was reading the aquatic biologist€s, the pond <br />specialist report that he said that when he was kayaking he noticed that the water was very clear. <br />And so obviously, you know, the sediment wasn€t being riled upat the time, I guess. But you <br />hope that even so that you€ll be able to improve the water clarity by following that <br />recommendation? And is the applicant willing to do everything that is necessary in order to <br />restore this pond and make it really something positive for the area, rather than a mosquito <br />breeding ground? <br />TERRY:Well, I think I€m going to let the applicant respond to some of that. The <br />waterclarityisrightabovethesedimentlayer.Ifyoujuststepintothepondorifanythingfalls <br />into the pond, that clarity disappears pretty rapidly. If fish are in there, larger fish, they€re also <br />going to decrease the water clarity under the existing sediment conditions. And now I€ll let Gil <br />talk. <br />BARDEN:You absolutely have our commitment to -. <br />SIRACUSA:You have to state your name and -. <br />BARDEN:Oh, this is Gil. <br />WATANABE:He did previously, they all did. <br />SIRACUSA:Oh, I€m sorry, I€m sorry. <br />BARDEN:Okay, You absolutely have our commitment to do what needs to be done <br />to fix the ponds or get them back in working order. We€ve hired Neri Moevao and he€s a pond <br />specialist that has worked on the Onekahakaha Beach Park area ponds as well. And so we€re <br />definitely committed. He has already put together a plan for us; and we€re already working with <br />him on that. <br />SIRACUSA:Thank you. <br />WATANABE:Any follow-up? No? Any other questions of the applicant? Okay, I guess <br />you may be seated then. Thank you. We have, let€s see, seven people who signed up to testify <br />on this application, SMA application. So maybe I call up about three or four of them at a time. <br />Mr. Patrick Kahawaiolaa, Mr. Larry Higgins I believe -. <br />HIGGINS:No, I don€t need to -. <br />WATANABE:So, okay. Lehuanani Waipa Ah Nee, Doug Arnott, and I€ll move onto <br />Neri Moevao. <br />5EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />